Appreciating craftsmanship and using clothing for the purposes you need them; functional fashion — that's what Splished is at its core. Good material, thoughtful pattern design, and how your gear makes you feel is what's most important.
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No, I don't wear leather suspenders more often than belts, but I do tend to prefer how they feel and function when I'm doing active things. For instance bending over with a leather belt that's taut to your body tends to squeeze your guts.
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The "how" on thrifting is actually super uncomplicated, but ultimately a little patience goes a long way when you're looking to buy something decent that's actually your size. I mostly recommend sites like eBay, Poshmark, Grailed, and Mercari — all of which I've
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A pretty simple canvas jacket in olive green. It's an interesting jacket with a unique-looking collar. I like it. It's not a style they make in the UK, and I'm pretty sure they don't sell it anymore. But it's a
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Leather jackets are probably the most expensive investment you're likely to make when it comes to clothing, and usually it's not an expense people want to pay. One of the better options is just thrifting a vintage jacket, or something slightly used (or for those that
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I've owned a few things from Taylor Stitch over the years, and off the top of my head this is the only thing I have left — their Cash shirt in a washed indigo selvedge. Really nice denim, terrible button holes. I had to stitch them back together myself.
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Military dress is one of the most prominent places to look to when it comes to style and fashion — particularly the WWII era, which I believe was a turning point not only in technological progress, but also with the clothing we wear. Hiring contractors to design and make war garments
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With its beautiful buttons and beautiful made-in-USA embroidered flag on the inside, you'll no longer see these specific vests from Schaefer unless you hunt around on eBay. Sometimes the pride in craftsmanship is what gets me, not necessarily where something is made; the durability and construction may be
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Sometimes you just a want a shell to throw on, to protect you from either the wind, the rain, or both. These simple nylon bomber jackets do the trick, and not for an arm and a leg like a lot of other well-known brands. You can pick them up on
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Field jackets have virtually always been a popular style of jacket, ever since their introduction during World War II as the M-41 field jacket. Incarnations since then, like the M-65, had gained popularity through the years due to media. With prominent characters in movies and TV donning these war-era styled
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A lot of tactical and military gear these days is fully synthetic. I was in the military around 2010, so the vast majority of the gear we were issued was made out of synthetics — contrary to the far past, where much of the materials were natural. Synthetics certainly have their
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I understand the un-permanence of things. You use it, repair it, and eventually it has to be moved on in some way, whether recycled or thrown out. These LT Phantom 2.0 pants by Vertx will do those things for you: at an accelerated rate. I'm not sure
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Very comfy, but the black canvas gets UV-damaged very quickly — I wouldn't recommend this color, but the khaki-colored pants stay looking pretty great. And yes, while many things get damaged by UV rays, this happened way sooner than almost anything I've owned; I have black clothing